Improvement in horse-bakes



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TOA ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

B e it known that I, THOMAS J. TURNER, of the county of Richland, und Stute of Illinois, have invented a .new und useful Improvement in Revolving Horse-Rakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a 'ull,

clear, und exact description thereof, reference boing hud to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which drawing represents a perspective lview of my machine.

The main frame of the machine A A is mounted on a. pair of runners, B B,'constituting zt'sled or sleigh, in

which the -revolvinr rake is hung. C C is Vthe revolving-rake, consisting of two rake-heads,-C C, vframedtogether bymeuns of two or more cross-pieces, C C', and having an axis, D, with its journal hearings in the mainframe yat a a. The reke-teeth b and b are so set in the rake-heads C C as to project. at right angles with the plane of the revolving freine in opposite directions; that is to say, the teeth b, set in one rake-head, project in an opposite direction to'the teeth 5' set in the other rake-head. R R are the runners upon which the-whole machine is supported. S is the'drivers seat, located in rear of the revolving rake,a.nd at the rearend -o-f the main frame. L is a lever, hinged to the front cross-bur of the main frame, and extending back so that its rear end 'xvi-llbe -in convenient ren-,ch of the driver. This lever has a. notch or shoulder ut n, which prevents the rakeframe C C from revolving, and holds it in arperpendicular position; that is to say, one rake-head vertically above the other. When the rake-frame is held in this position, as shown in the drawing, the teeth will project horizontally, or nearly so, the lower se-t of teeth b being 'in position Ato gather the hay-as the machine moves forward. When itis desired to drop the hay thus gathered by the rake, the driver raises the lever Ik, thus permitting the rake-frame to revolve-g the points of the lower set of teeth b come in contact with the ground, operuting as a fulcrum on which the rake-frame turns, raising the whole front end of the machine When the rake-frame has maden-half revolution, so that the teeth b occupy the position `pre-vii'msl7 occupied by the teeth b, the drivervlets down the lever L, and its notch or shoulder n engages with the other -ruhe-head, and arrests the further rotary motion till th lever is again raised.

fI do not claim broadly lthe revolving rake-frame C C; but what I do claim as my inven-tion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A1. The' revolving rake-frame constructed substantially as herein describedfund hung in a. frame mounted on runners, 'substantially as herein described p 2. In Vcombination with a. revolving rake fram-e as hereindcscribed, hung in a :Treme mounted on runners as herein described, I claim the lever L, with lits notch or shoulder n, and a. drivers sentori lthe rear end of the main frame, all' constructed and arranged substantially as herein described.

"1. J. TURNER.

Witnesses:

F. D. PRESTON, JACOB LANDIs. 

